Like wandering gazelles and like sheep without a shepherd, each one will turn to his own people, each one will flee to his own land.
Isaiah 21:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For they have fled from swords, from the drawn sword, from the bow that is strung, and from the stress of battle. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For they have fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war [the press of battle]. American Standard Version (1901) For they fled away from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. Common English Bible They have fled from swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and from the intensity of battle. Catholic Public Domain Version For they are fleeing before the face of swords, before the face of a sword hanging over them, before the face of a bent bow, before the face of a grievous battle. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For they are fled from before the swords, from the sword that hung over them, from the bent bow, from the face of a grievous battle. |
Like wandering gazelles and like sheep without a shepherd, each one will turn to his own people, each one will flee to his own land.
Whoever is found will be stabbed, and whoever is caught will die by the sword.
The nations rage like the rumble of a huge torrent. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills and like tumbleweeds before a gale.
All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together; they had fled far away.
Then Assyria will fall, but not by human sword; a sword will devour him, but not one made by man. He will flee from the sword; his young men will be put to forced labour.
The peoples flee at the thunderous noise; the nations scatter when you rise in your majesty.